And here's a video from his appearance on Seth Meyer
Why did Joe Hill change his name?
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Oops, here's a link for the extended video of his appearance.
Love his reasons.
Gawd, he looks so much like his father! Yep, he comes by his name honestly...just left off the King.
So I was at B&N a few years ago and saw a book that looked interesting near the check out. I read the blurb on the jacket and decided it sounded like my kinda thing. I picked it up, enjoyed it, and then when I looked the author up I discovered he was SK's son. I felt glad at the time that I was allowed to find the book on my own and enjoy it for it's own worth, as opposed to having a publisher shove it down my throat as " the book by Stephen Kings son." It was Heart Shaped Box. I also grabbed NOS4A2 a few weeks ago. Pretty decent.
I think purposeful coat tail riding is tacky, and lacks class, even if and esp if the coat tail rider also happens to be talented. However, there are plenty of people who grow up to do what their parents did, and well, they just grew up exposed to it, and became good at it themselves and maybe also love to emulate their parent. When I was little, I only wanted to be a writer because my mom did, and now I write more than she does. It makes sense for Joe Hill to be a good writer, he has been exposed to good writing all his life.
Then there's guys like Jakob Dylan, he purposely took his dad's stage name, but his music surely doesn't live up to the Dylan moniker. Growing up with Bob Dylan as dad doesn't make his son as talented as he is, so I think it's cheesy he took his dad's stage name. I respect Joe altering his name to be his own man. If B&N had tried to sell me the book billing him as the son of SK, I wouldn't have bought it I would have resented that. I liked finding a good book and digging it only to discover Im ALSO a big fan of the authors dad. Lol.
I think purposeful coat tail riding is tacky, and lacks class, even if and esp if the coat tail rider also happens to be talented. However, there are plenty of people who grow up to do what their parents did, and well, they just grew up exposed to it, and became good at it themselves and maybe also love to emulate their parent. When I was little, I only wanted to be a writer because my mom did, and now I write more than she does. It makes sense for Joe Hill to be a good writer, he has been exposed to good writing all his life.
Then there's guys like Jakob Dylan, he purposely took his dad's stage name, but his music surely doesn't live up to the Dylan moniker. Growing up with Bob Dylan as dad doesn't make his son as talented as he is, so I think it's cheesy he took his dad's stage name. I respect Joe altering his name to be his own man. If B&N had tried to sell me the book billing him as the son of SK, I wouldn't have bought it I would have resented that. I liked finding a good book and digging it only to discover Im ALSO a big fan of the authors dad. Lol.